The People's Bank of China set its yuan midpoint at 6.6123 per dollar, the strongest fixing since June 2018. The move followed a weaker dollar as investors bought trade-exposed currencies after Joe Biden's election.
A firmer yuan fix signals Beijing tolerating appreciation, which marginally eases the cost of dollar-priced grain and meal imports for Chinese feed producers.
After 398 past bullish macro events, Chinese Yuan (CNY per USD) moved a median +0.0% over 5 sessions (56% higher; middle half -0.3% to +0.5%), and +0.0% over 20.
After 1,637 past bearish macro events, US Dollar (Broad) moved a median -0.2% over 5 sessions (39% higher; middle half -0.6% to +0.3%), and -0.2% over 20.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.